ZIP 72411 vs ZIP 72472

This side-by-side compares ZIP 72411 (Bay, AR) and ZIP 72472 (Trumann, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 72411 has a population of 2,294 at 23 people per square mile, while ZIP 72472 has 9,447 at 21 per square mile. That difference in population size and density alone reshapes how every other metric should be interpreted — a higher-income ZIP with 1,200 residents behaves very differently from one with 45,000.

On income and education, ZIP 72411 reports a median household income of $55,625 against $40,529 in ZIP 72472, with per-capita income of $20,609 vs $23,607. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 11.9% in 72411 and 11.1% in 72472. Poverty rate reads 22.8% vs 24.8%, and unemployment 1.7% vs 5.9% — these four fields alone drive most of the difference in the scorecard grades you will see for each ZIP.

Housing separates these two ZIPs further: median home value sits at $111,400 in 72411 versus $113,500 in 72472, with median rent of $1,028 and $590 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 58.9% vs 56.1%. When reading the comparison table below, focus on paired metrics rather than single winners — a ZIP with lower home values and lower income is not strictly "worse" if rent-to-income ratios and commute times land in the same zone. Every value is pulled from the exact same ACS table so the two columns are genuinely comparable.